We’re saying rather the same thing there.
Your breaker + tutor + multiaccess may be 11 (though the second corroder should be replaced by spec order, or no desperado now).
Your anarch’s budget is 9 (without Yog & Parasite) but third SMC is a lot though.
Say it’s 6 + 2 Yogs. You’re relying on moving parts that you still need to find (aka 2nd level moving part engine, exemple: wyldpancake, or 2-step breakers like mimic/ds). You need to draw the cards and find the money (aka find slots for money cards), MU organize all this (aka one console or else it’s 1x ds only).
Where is your multiaccess ?
If you want multiaccess, fine.
That will cost you loads of clicks to draw and install this on top of your x-step engines.
There’s no nerve agent in regass to solve an uninstall problem + alphashot problem (because HQ multiaccess works well with alphashot, not that much with nerves). But that same budget became suddenly 12. Got to put 2 parasites and you have a very generous 1 inf left.
That’s why I said “Shaper have lots of options, Crim have limited options, Anarch have no options.”
If crim want protection against the trash, buy Sac constructs for 1 each, problem is solved and you still have 2.
I think Anarch could have came back to pre O&C power levels, because of how little is the vision for that faction. Too much moving parts to solve with too little inf + “is it neutral ? naaaah, it’s niche, give this to Anarchs. Wait a little. There is a move against basic need of a deck, right (ex: tag) ? Definitly Anarch.”.
Consider “if the console is desperado, mark 2 agenda point” 1-inf cards like lots of these cards exists against Anarchs decks, or “trash a money card” and we should start to consider Anarch & Crim & Shapers having the same general problems.
There I can see people’s tears about 1 and only one ice, Crick, teching a non fondamental card which is sneakdoor. This is all the problem of Criminals. Then don’t rely on this. They just shot Parasite, it’s not like it’s a 3x card here.
Anarch have Lotus/any high str + etr sentry/cg to solve, drawing half of their deck, installing in less than 7 turns their 7-step potatoe launcher and finding little money they have before even counting how to get in a server.
What was one of the two main reasons people purged ? Parasite (the other one would be medium). But Anarch needed that time. It’s not like they are by essence the quickest bird around. And they needed that “solve one ice” function, a lot, lot more than the other two factions.
